Ibn al-Nafis
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ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Ḥazm al-Qarashī, known as Ibn al-Nafīs, was an Arab polymath whose areas of work included medicine, surgery, physiology, anatomy, biology, Islamic studies, juris
Ibn Al Nafis statue
The opening page of one of Ibn al-Nafis' medical works. This is probably a copy made in India during the 17th or 18th century.
A manuscript page from Ibn al-Nafis' Commentary on Avicenna's Canon
Islamic Golden Age
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The Islamic Golden Age was a period of cultural flourishing in the history of Islam, dated from the 8th century CE to the 14th century. The period is understood to have begun during the reign of the A
Ibn al-Nafis
…Ibn al-Nafis ابن النفيس Personal life Born 607 AH (1210/1211 CE) Damascus, Ayyubid Sultanate Died 687 AH (1288/1289 CE) Cairo, Mamluk Sultanate Era Islamic Golden Age Region Syria and Egypt Main interests medicine surgery physiology anatomy biology Islamic studies jurisprudence philosophy Notable work Commentary on…
Al-Biruni
Avicenna
Averroes